Users Guide
Configuring Adapters
To configure the adapters:
1. Select the adapter on the Network Adapter Configuration screen and click Configure. The Adapter Configuration
dialog box is displayed.
2. Select one of the following options:
– Configure adapter settings — to configure the settings.
– Copy settings from adapter — to copy the configuration settings from an adapter that is already configured.
3. Click Configure, the Configure Adapter dialog box is displayed. Select the port that you want to configure and click
Configure.
4. Select one of the following options:
– Configure port settings — to configure the port settings. Proceed to the next step if you want to configure
the port settings yourself.
– Copy settings from port — to copy the port settings from a port that is already configured. Proceed to step 7
if you are copying the port settings.
5. You need to choose the personalities for each partition on the port, enter bandwidth and configure settings for
each personality. One port can have up to four partitions with one personality assigned to each partition.
6. Click Port Settings to configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters. For more information, see Configuring NIC and iSCSI
Parameters.
7. Click OK to save the configurations.
Configuring NIC And iSCSI Parameters
You can configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters from the Port Settings screen.
To configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters:
1. In the Port Settings screen, on the NIC tab, specify the following parameters:
– Select All — Select this to check all the options available for NIC.
– Boot protocol — Select the protocol for booting the system. You can choose from PXE, iSCSI, or FCoE.
– Wake on LAN — This option allows you to switch on the system throughout your LAN. You can choose to
enable or disable this option.
– Wake on LAN link speed — Specify the Wake on LAN link speed from the drop-down list.
– VLAN mode — This option allows you to add your system to a VLAN if it is not located on the same network
switch. You can choose to enable or disable this option.
– Link speed — Specify the NIC link speed by selecting from the drop-down list.
– Flow Control — Specify the data flow control by selecting from the drop-down list.
– IP auto configuration — This option allows you to automatically configure the IP address for the system.
You can choose to enable or disable this option.
– SRIOV configuration — This option allows you to configure Single Root Input/Output Virtualization for the
system. You can choose to enable or disable this option.
Click OK to save the settings.
2. Click the iSCSI tab and specify the following parameters:
– CHAP authentication — Enable or disable the challenge handshake authentication protocol (CHAP) for the
system while discovering an iSCSI target. If you enable this option, you must enter the CHAP ID and CHAP
Secret throughout the iSCSI Initiator Parameters Configuration screen.
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